14.04 doesn't mount digital camera

I have a kodak digit camera that always has just mounted. Since 14.04, it shows the device itself in lsusb. Looking in syslog I see it recognizes the camera but then fails saying the device is not an mtp. The exact log entries are:

May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.117649] usb 3-3: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-pci
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.316743] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=040a, idProduct=05d1
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.316760] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.316769] usb 3-3: Product: KODAK EASYSHARE C182 Digital Camera
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.316778] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Company
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop kernel: [ 1733.316785] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: C182 020552828
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3/3-3"
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device
May 9 21:57:12 davelaptop colord: Device added: sysfs-(null)

I also checked in udev and found some entries in hwdb folder about gphoto. It did not have my camera listed. I added it to 2 such rules files in that folder but it still doesn't mount.

My thought - I think something changed in udev and is messing this up. I know there is a process there about probing mtp - perhaps that is failing also/instead?

I see this is not a unique problem. There are lots of posts here and in the ubuntu forums about cameras not mounting. Something is in common - some change from 13.10 to 14.04 is in common.

2 Answers

I believe the problem is with mtp-probe which is not able to recognize your camera as Media Transfer Protocol MTP device : mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device

I have the same problem with my Canon, Inc. Powershot S95 in Ubuntu 14.04 and used gphotofs for a work-around. In a terminal I did the following:

1. Install gphotofs:
   $ sudo apt-get install gphotofs

2. then mount your camera, which I did under /tmp/camera
   $ mkdir /tmp/camera/
$ gphotofs /tmp/camera/

That is it.

If gphotofs worked /tmp/camera/ should now be connected to your camera (check using either the terminal or nautilus). Lastly if you are using a photo manager like shotwell, use an `import from folder' option to access your pictures.

When you are finished importing your pictures you can unmount the camera folder:

$ fusermount -u /tmp/camera/

Already had tried that and it didn't work. Also tried several other things including modifying the databases. As it turns out, a recent update fixed the problem - the thread on launchpad explains everything that has been happening to myself and others, and supposedly what the fix is/was.